At Nielsen, we believe that career growth is a partnership. You ultimately own, fuel and set the journey. By joining our team of nearly 14,000 associates, you will become part of a community that will help you to succeed. We champion you because when you succeed, we do too. Embark on a new initiative, explore a fresh approach, and take license to think big, so we can all continuously improve. We enable your best to power our future.
ABOUT THIS JOB:
Around here we’re all numbers people, but it’s the 1s and 0s behind our data that make what we
do possible. Software engineers strike a balance between precision and disruption, between
reliability and innovation. Nielsen is a tech company backed by nearly a century of forward
momentum to show the world what’s next—and we couldn’t have done it without our engineers.
In this role, you will be working alongside data scientists and engineers within Nielsen’s Market
Mix Modeling (MMM) business, to build a data platform on AWS to ingest, combine and process
data from external sources. The role requires you to have experience working with large
datasets and complex schemas, a can-do approach towards automation, with an emphasis on
the implementation of best practice cloud security principles.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Collaborate with product and data science to clarify requirements and design processing
- flows
- Collaborate in cross-functional teams to implement, test and deploy features.
- Implement efficient, scalable, robust data pipelines along with automated data validation
- Identify potential process improvements and recommend suitable tools and changes to
- address them
- Troubleshoot and optimize data pipelines in a distributed environment
- Develop and maintain good programming standards and practices across the ecosystem
- Perform code reviews
QUALIFICATIONS
- Qualifications:
- Bachelors in Computer Engineering or related field (Masters preferred)
- 4+ years of experience programming in Python (C++, Java experts aspiring to work on
- Python can also be considered)
- 4+ years experience with SQL and advanced data systems (Spark, Presto, EMR)
- 2+ years of experience with public cloud technologies (AWS, GCP, Azure)
- Experience building and optimizing data pipelines in a distributed environment
- Ability to implement application components without detailed guidance
- Experience with common developer tools and practices (Gitlab, Jira, Unit Testing)
- Proficiency working in Linux environments
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to present complex ideas in a clear and
- concise manner to a variety of audiences
Top Skills
What We Do
Nielsen shapes the world’s media and content as a global leader in audience insights, data and analytics. Through our understanding of people and their behaviors across all channels and platforms, we empower our clients with independent and actionable intelligence so they can connect and engage with their audiences—now and into the future.
An S&P 500 company, Nielsen (NYSE: NLSN) operates around the world in more than 55 countries.